Product Maintenance Supervisor

Product Maintenance Supervisor Permanent, full time Caringbah, Sydney

 The Role:

We are seeking an enthusiastic Product Maintenance Supervisor to join our team in Caringbah. In this role, you will lead and coordinate the delivery of third-party maintenance services for specialised diving and hyperbaric equipment, ensuring work is completed safely, on time, and to the highest quality standards.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on critical Defence-related programs, collaborating with engineering, production, and subcontract partners to maintain essential subsea capability. You’ll play a key role in ensuring operational readiness and reliability of highly technical equipment, contributing directly to mission success.

You will be part of a collaborative and high-performing team, with a strong focus on safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.

What you’ll be doing:

• Plan, coordinate and deliver third-party maintenance activities in line with client schedules, budget, and quality requirements
• Supervise and manage subcontractors, including day-to-day liaison, scheduling, and issue resolution
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with contractual, technical, safety and quality requirements
• Monitor subcontractor performance and address non-conformance where required
• Provide regular reporting on maintenance status, risks, and performance
• Drive continuous improvement across safety, quality, and operational processes

What we’re looking for:

• Experience managing subcontractors or third-party service providers under contract
• Strong planning and coordination skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Experience using ERP systems
• Excellent leadership and team supervision capability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Ability to analyse data and support reporting and decision-making

Desirable:

• Qualification in Engineering, Technical Trade, Asset Management, or Maintenance Management
• Experience working in Defence or highly regulated environments
• Knowledge of diving or hyperbaric systems

Why join us?

• Join a team of people who are passionate about their job. 
• Opportunity to expand the role and obtain new skills and experience.
• Contribute to a growing and successful business with an exciting order book.
• Wellbeing programs – employee assistance program to support you and your immediate family with counselling and support as needed.
• Flexible working arrangements, including a condensed working week to support a half day every Friday.
• Generous paid community service leave to support your local community or serve as a defence reservist. 
• Weekly fruit baskets to keep hunger at bay on busy days. 
• Free on-site parking. 
• Novated car leasing options available.
• Paid Parental Leave Scheme

About Us:

JFD is the world leading underwater capability provider, serving the commercial and defence markets with innovative diving, submarine and hyperbaric rescue, technical solutions and services.

Operating worldwide, the company is the world’s leading provider of submarine rescue capability and an established provider of submarine escape training. The company is at the forefront of Hyperbaric Rescue, along with being the leading supplier of commercial and defence diving equipment and saturation diving systems to the commercial industry.

We pride ourselves on the quality of the products and solutions we supply and our close work with our customers to ensure that our products remain safe and reliable in the most challenging subsea environments. The key to building and maintaining our world class reputation is the recruitment and retention of the very best people. 

JFD is part of the broader James Fisher Group which provides a wider range of maritime engineering and logistic products and services to industries including oil and gas; renewables; and maritime transportation.

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How to apply

• Applicants must have existing Australian work rights.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to a preemployment health screen which includes a drug and alcohol screening. 
• Veterans are encouraged to apply!

Due to the volume of applications we receive for our vacancies, on occasion applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

James Fisher and Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.